#A8A026#A8A026

#A8A026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A026
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -10.75, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 60.70, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0362 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0704, 33.6075, 6.7890)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A026 #262EA8

analogous

#A85F26 #A8A026 #6FA826

triadic

#A8A026 #26A8A0 #A026A8

tetradic

#A8A026 #26A85F #262EA8 #A8266F

square

#A8A026 #26A85F #262EA8 #A8266F

split-complementary

#A8A026 #266FA8 #5F26A8

monochromatic

#44410F #76701B #A8A026 #D2C939 #DED66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A026

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A026	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6b',
    500: '#a8a026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a026;
$custom-light: #c6bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69158,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A026

secondary

#666CC4

accent

#4CE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A026

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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